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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chacko go to Comrade Pillai's house to discuss?
(a) Velutha.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Factory business.
(d) Politics.

2. What is the name of Comrade Pillai's wife?
(a) Kalyani.
(b) Olassa.
(c) Karen.
(d) Margaret.

3. What does Chacko love most about Margaret?
(a) Her self-sufficiency.
(b) Her money.
(c) Her smile.
(d) Her sense of humor.

4. When Baby Kochamma talks to Rahel and Estha at the police station, she tells the twins they are ______________.
(a) Liars.
(b) Angels.
(c) Murderers.
(d) Sweeties.

5. How does Velutha feel as he goes to the sleep the night that Sophie Mol drowns?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Terrified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the children's boat to overturn the night that Sophie Mol drowns?

2. What happens to the toys the children brought to the History House?

3. What is the name of the river that plays such an integral part in the novel?

4. What is in Sophie Mol's bag the night the children take the boat out on the river?

5. Who is Baby Kochamma still in love with years later when she is an old woman?

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